Froland kommune

What Froland kommune does

Froland kommune is a Norwegian municipality (kommune number 4214, organization number 946 439 045) operating as a local government entity in the Agder region, headquartered at Frolandsveien 995, 4820 Froland. The municipality delivers statutory public services to its residents under Norwegian law, including education (schools and kindergartens), healthcare and social services (health stations, nursing homes, home care, ambulatory services, psychosocial crisis team), family and child welfare (barnevern, helsestasjon, refugee integration), infrastructure (roads, water, sewage, waste management, building permits), cultural and recreational facilities (Frolandia sports and health complex, kulturskolen, bibliotek, Nexus Arena youth program), and economic development support for local businesses and agriculture. Froland employs 501-1,000 staff to deliver this service portfolio.

The municipality operates a digital services platform comprising the public website (froland.kommune.no), the Min side personal portal for individual service access (invoices, property data, water consumption), eDialog secure digital post via svarut.ks.no, and the SiFra fault-reporting system for infrastructure issues. Additional facilities include Frolandia Bad (swimming), Frolandia Trening (fitness), Frolandia Fysioterapi (physiotherapy), Frisklivssentralen (healthy living center), and Folkehelse (public health division). The municipality has established a formal AI/KI Usage Framework governing responsible AI deployment as an employee support tool.

Revenue is generated through four primary streams: municipal tax on residents and businesses, property tax (eiendomsskatt), user fees and service charges (water, sewage, waste, building permits), and state government transfers for statutory services. Suppliers must invoice via the EHF electronic format. The municipality participates in the IKT Agder-kommunene inter-municipal ICT cooperation and operates under elected political governance (kommunestyre) administered by a kommunedirektør.

Name

Froland kommune

Legal name

Froland kommune

Website

https://froland.kommune.no

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Froland kommune is a Norwegian municipal government entity (kommune 4214) in Agder delivering statutory public services including education, healthcare, social care, infrastructure, and culture to its residents, funded by taxation, user fees, and state transfers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Local Government Services

NAICS

Other Residential Care Facilities (62399), Continuing Care Retirement Communities and Assisted Living Facilities for the Elderly (62331)

SIC

Services-Nursing & Personal Care Facilities (8050)

akta.pro primary industry

Community Resilience, Preparedness Training & Exercises (HLAJAGAL)

akta.pro secondary industry

Community Health & Prevention Program Funding (HLAJALAF)

Keywords

• Municipal public services
• Local government administration
• Primary education services
• Public healthcare services
• Social welfare services

Headquarters

HQ city

Froland

HQ country

Norway

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Municipal Tax Revenue: Froland kommune collects municipal taxes from residents and businesses to fund public services including healthcare, education, social services, and infrastructure.
2. Property Tax (Eiendomsskatt): The municipality levies property taxes on real estate within the municipality boundaries.
3. User Fees and Service Charges: Fees for various municipal services including water, sewage, waste management (renovation), building permits, and other administrative services.
4. State Government Funding: Central government transfers and subsidies to municipalities for statutory services including healthcare, social services, and education.

Distribution channels8 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Froland kommune is a Norwegian municipality delivering statutory public services to its residents across education, healthcare, social welfare, infrastructure, culture, recreation, and emergency preparedness. Its offerings include schools and kindergartens, health stations and home care, child welfare services, water/sewage/waste management, libraries, the Frolandia sports and health complex (swimming, fitness, physiotherapy), and digital citizen services via the Min side portal and eDialog secure messaging.

Product overview

Froland kommune is a Norwegian municipality offering a unified portfolio of public services organized under several key offerings. The primary brand is Frolandia, a sports and health center providing swimming (Frolandia Bad), fitness (Frolandia Trening), physiotherapy (Frolandia Fysioterapi), healthy living programs (Frisklivssentralen), and public health services (Folkehelse). Min side serves as a personal digital portal for managing municipal services including property information, invoices, and utilities. The municipality also operates Nexus Arena as a free youth facility, along with traditional services including kulturskolen (culture school), bibliotek (library), helsestasjon (health station), and barnevern (child welfare services). Additional services include SiFra for reporting infrastructure issues, accessible through the main municipal website.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Frolandia Sports and Health Center Municipal sports and health complex providing swimming facilities, fitness training, physiotherapy services, and public health programs including frisklivssentralen (healthy living center) and folkehelse (public health) initiatives for Froland residents.
• Nexus Arena Free youth meeting place operating during school holidays, offering indoor and outdoor activities and free meals for children and teenagers born in 2016 or earlier.
• Kulturskolen (Culture School) Municipal music and culture school offering arts education to children and youth in Froland.
• Froland Public Library (Bibliotek) Public library services for Froland municipality residents.
• Helsestasjon (Health Station) Municipal health station providing health services including vaccination, health checkups, and parental guidance to residents.
• Barnevern (Child Welfare Services) Statutory child welfare services including contact with child welfare services, foster homes, adoption, parent courses, and support for children and families.
• SiFra Fault Reporting Digital self-service for residents to report infrastructure issues with street lights, roads, water, and sewage systems within Froland municipality.
• Min side (Personal Citizen Portal) Personal digital portal for municipal services providing residents with access to profile information, invoices, property documents, chimney sweeping and housing inspection dates, property tax calculations, and water and sewage consumption information.

Quantifiable outcome

• Psykososialt kriseteam available 24/7 for acute situations affecting life and health

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• IKT Agder-kommunene (IKT Agder Municipalities)coreOthersInter-municipal cooperation on ICT and digital services. The privacy ombudsman for IKT Agder municipalities can be contacted at [email protected], suggesting shared IT infrastructure and services across multiple municipalities in the Agder region.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Iveland kommune: One of the smallest kommuner in Agder, providing the full statutory service menu to a rural population; a tight size-comparable peer for evaluating operating efficiency at low scale.
• Gjerstad kommune: Adjacent small Agder kommune offering the same statutory services (health, care, education, planning); a comparable peer for rural-municipality service-delivery benchmarking.
• Åmli kommune: Neighbouring small Agder kommune with comparable population size, rural character, and identical statutory service responsibilities — a direct size and structure comparator.
• Vegårshei kommune: Neighbouring small Agder kommune of comparable size and rural profile; relevant for cost-per-resident benchmarking across health, education, and infrastructure services.
• Evje og Hornnes kommune: Small inland Agder kommune with a similar rural profile, statutory service mandate, and likely membership in regional ICT cooperation; the closest like-for-like size and structure peer to Froland.
• Tvedestrand kommune: Small Agder-region kommune with similar demographic and service-mandate profile; useful peer for municipal digital-services and preventive-health programme benchmarking.

Regional players

• Arendal kommune: Nearby Agder municipality of similar service mandate (education, health, planning, infrastructure) but materially larger scale; directly comparable as a regional peer in the same inter-municipal ICT and service-delivery ecosystem.
• Grimstad kommune: Agder-region kommune delivering the same statutory municipal services (health, care, education, planning) to a comparable resident base; relevant peer for benchmarking digital services and welfare delivery in the same county.

Broad incumbents

• Kristiansand kommune: Largest kommune in Agder and a member of the broader regional cooperation framework; provides the same full statutory service portfolio but at scale, making it a useful incumbent reference for service-design and ICT-cooperation outcomes.

Others

• KS — Kommunesektorens organisasjon: Norwegian municipal-sector membership and interest organisation that negotiates with central government, runs Svarut/eDialog (the secure digital-post network Froland uses), and shapes the funding and policy framework all kommuner operate within — an enabling/ecosystem peer.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/frolandkommune
• Instagraminstagram.com/frolandkommune
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/froland-kommune

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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